
Parage () is a village located in the
Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2022 the town had a total ...
municipality, in the
South Bačka District
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of
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina
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. The village has a
Serb
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ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,039 people (2002 census).
Name
In
Serbian
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, the village is known as ''Parage'' (Параге), in
Croatian as ''Parage'', and in
Hungarian as '' Parrag''.
History
Since its foundation, the village was mainly inhabited by Serbs. First historical source citing Parage dates back to 1473. At the end of 18th century village with entire population was moved 4 km to north, due to high ground-water levels, but also to make space for expansion of
Gajdobra
Gajdobra () is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. Gajdobra has a total population of 2,578 inhabitants (as of 2011 census). Most of ...
, place colonised with
Germans
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by Austrian monarchy.
Historical population
Trivia
*Prominent Serbian national songs author from 19th century,
Filip Višnjić
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is said to have been visited Parage in 1812.
*Railroad connecting
Novi Sad
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and
Sombor
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was made near Parage in 1890.
Notable natives/residents
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Charles Alverson, British-American writer spent almost a decade living in Parage, before moving to
Belgrade
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Miodrag Radulovacki, Professor of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the
University of Illinois-Chicago
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*Dušan N. Petrović, Parage - selo u Bačkoj, Novi Sad, 2004.
See also
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List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is ...
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List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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Bačka Palanka
Places in Bačka
South Bačka District
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